JCC Apple/Mac discussion

Such utter fail, dp.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamise...mes-the-apple-events-biggest-fashion-s#mgrdh9

 

The Babylon 5 reference is funnier.

 

I'll probably get one, because it's kind of what I do as a wearable product designer, and I'll have a kind-of competing product on the market by end of year. I'm more interested in what's functionally a new OS and the interaction design, and the app development opportunities.

The "digital crown" was the most laugh-out-loud part of the presentation. It's a DIAL, guys.

 

So is a crown?

A friend of mine has a Samsung Gear and has added all these screens that replicate the look of the PIPBoy from Fallout, the Submariner watch from Rolex, the Superocean II from Breitling etc but ultimately he said it's all fairly crap and expects the Apple Watch to be no different. Gimmicky, cute, but years off being close to what these companies envision it doing.

My question though, honestly, is this - my Seamaster is about 5 years old and still looks good. I will likely still own it in 5 years time. Do you see that being the case with smartwatches, or are you forever upgrading it - changing it in nature from jewelry to gadget?

 

I saw an interface on the Moto 360 smart watch that looked like the screen from GoldenEye on N64. The health bar would even decrease as the battery went down.
That's cool I guess, but it's just a novelty. If you already have a smartphone with you all the time I don't see why a smart watch is necessary.
Were they ultimately to replace phones then they might be worth it, but that is years away

 

Well as I understand it it's ease of access to some of the functionality, but a good watch should last a number of years, right? I mean, even if you guy a $300 Guess? watch it should be a 5 year thing.

With phones being cycled every 18-36 months depending on the consumer, as new models come out, what happens to watches?

 

http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-ipod-classic-209077]Apple[/url] to retire the iPod Classic



Booooo, BOOOO, BOOOOOO!



The one Apple product I truly gush over, the one product I've enjoyed the most out of all the technological innovations during the 2000's, and this happens to it? Going to have top hope my current Classic can last long enough, before I have to find secondary places (ie: the e-bays of the world) to get another one.

 

There's no way smart watches, including Apple Watch, will last more than 3 years for the majority of consumers. They might get the next version of the same thing, but any device that uses that kind of technology is obsolete within 2-3 years. Partly because the hardware improves, partly because the software improves and requires better hardware, and partly because that's how homie brings home bank.

This isn't a product for people that already have nice watches that they're attached to. It's for people that like gadgets and either don't wear a watch already, or have no particular attachment to the one they own.

 

Anyone pre-order a 6 or 6 Plus?

 

I'm going to the Apple Store later. I want them in hand before deciding between the two.

 

It's for people that Kickstarter'd Pebble and Apple putting Pebble out of business.

 

I'm looking forward to the iFannypack.

 

So, did anyone listen to the free U2 album yet?

 

The only person I know who likes both U2 and Apple is KW, so I assume he has.

Everyone else is too busy finding ways to remove it.

 

https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObj...?at=11lDJ&ct=651395eeb89b24769a862c8fc0d40065

This would be that way.

 

I'm a fan of both, like KW, and am very excited about the phone. The album sucks. Though the internet ****storm people are making out of it is pretty absurd. People, ever here of a concept called "delete"?

 

It didn't appear on my account. I'd kinda like it to, just so I can delete it.

 

Yeah, unless you have the option selected that your iTunes purchases are automatically downloaded, you'll never even see it.

 

But even if you delete an album from your playlist, it'll be there, lurking in the cloud. I wish I knew how to delete songs in the cloud, I want to get rid of the stupid sample songs.

 

So, iOS8... fingers crossed this install doesn't bork my phone, like my windows 8.1 upgrade from 8.0 screwed my PC up.

 

So... bork or no bork?